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Depeche Mode - Singles 7-12 [6CD Box Set] (1991)  Music

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Depeche Mode - Singles 7-12 [6CD Box Set] (1991)

Depeche Mode - Singles 7-12 [6CD Box Set] (1991)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 895 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 348 MB | Covers - 221 MB
Genre: Synth-pop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Mute (DMBX2)

The second box set of Depeche Mode singles, reissued on CD for the first time, picks up with "Get the Balance Right," the band's third single following the departure of original songwriter Vince Clarke and the considerably edgier Martin L. Gore's elevation to the fore. Necessarily, his earliest efforts (included on the first box) echoed the pure poppiness of Clarke's work; here, the emphasis is on the period of transition that dragged Depeche Mode from an apparently transient teenybop sensation to the darker, harsher, and above all adventurous electro pioneers whose longevity is now a matter of history. Via "Everything Counts," "Love in Itself," "People Are People," "Master and Servant," and "Blasphemous Rumours," by the time you reach the end of the box, Depeche Mode is unrecognizable from the combo who opened it…